6 ACTIVATE Follow the steps in the writing guide. Notes - London
a Location south of England, on the River
Thames
b Population: 45,000 two thousand years ago
about 7.5 million now
e Historical eventa: Fire destroyed the city in the
1600a, Christopher Wren designed new areas
and the city grew to the west.
d Londen was a major port. Now finance and
technology are more important
O WRITING GUIDE
A TASK
Write an article about a town of your choice or
use the notes about London
B THINK AND PLAN
1?
ary?
Read the model text again. How many
paragraphs are there?
Read the notes a-fabout London. What
information do you want to put in each
paragraph of your article?
Paragraph 1: a, ...
es
C WRITE
Write your article and follow your paragraph
plan. Look at the model text to help you. Use
the key phrases and time expressions.
D CHECK
position and spelling of the time expression

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My family’s hobby  my name is adrianna and i’m 14 years old. my family is not very big. it’s just me, my parents and the tortoise named george. all the members have their own hobbies in our house. even george has a hobby - to eat and to sleep. my hobby is dancing and knitting. i regularly attend the dance class and watch step-by-step tutorials for knitting. my mum’s hobby is cooking. she even runs her own blog. my dad’s hobby is cycling. he loves spending time outside especially if the weather is fine. last year he even participated in road cycle racing. however, we also have a family type hobby. during each holiday we make a plan to go somewhere new and to explore the city sights. for example, last summer apart from going to the seaside, we visited two new cities - irkutsk and angarsk. we have relatives living there, so it was rather convenient for us to arrange our stay in the city. i’m glad that my parents love travelling as much as me. this new year we plan to spend at my uncle’s place in rostov-on-don. we’ve been there before, but we don’t mind visiting it again. another collective hobby is to buy souvenirs from these cities. for example, in irkutsk we bought some ethnic finery. as for rostov, we have already plenty of objects from there, mainly magnets and ceramic plates. it’s a shame george has to stay at home. luckily, our neighbor valentina feeds him, when we are away. увлечение моей семьи меня зовут адрианна, мне 14 лет. моя семья не большая. в ней только я, мои родители и черепаха по имени джордж. в нашем доме у каждого свои собственные увлечения. даже у джорджа есть хобби - покушать и поспать. мои хобби танцы и вязание. я регулярно посещаю уроки танцев и смотрю шаг за шагом руководство по вязанию. хобби моей мамы - готовка. у нее есть даже свой блог. хобби моего отца - езда на велосипеде. он любит проводить время на свежем воздухе, особенно если погода хорошая. в прошлом году он даже участвовал в велогонках. помимо всего прочего, у нас есть также хобби семейного типа. каждые каникулы мы составляем план о поездке в новое место и исследовании достопримечательностей города. например, летом прошлого года, помимо поездки на море, мы посетили два новых города - иркутск и ангарск. у нас там живут родственники, что облегчило наше пребывание. я рад, что мои родители любят путешествовать также сильно, как и я. в этот новый год мы планируем съездить к моему дяде в ростов-на-дону. мы бывали там прежде, но не против съездить еще. другое общее хобби - это покупка сувениров в посещенных городах. например, в иркутске мы купили этнические украшения. что касается ростова, у нас есть уже много предметов оттуда, в основном, магниты и керамические тарелки. жаль, что джордж должен оставаться дома. к счастью, наша соседка валентина кормит его, когда мы в отъезде.ты можешь поставить свои имена.

1. tom is on holiday and he is spending his money very quickly. if hecontinues like this, he will have spent all his money before the end of hisholiday. (spend) 2. tomorrow afternoon were going to play tennis from 3 oclock until 4.30. so at 4 oclock, we will be playing tennis. (play) 3. this time tomorrow, maria will be sunbathing on a beach in majorca. (sunbathe) 4. by the time you get home i will have cleaned the house from top to bottom. (clean) 5. do you think you will still be doing the same job in ten years time? (do) 6. look, i can give you a lift to the station - i am driving that way anyway. (drive) 7. wake me up by nine oclock - i will have been sleeping long enough by then. (sleep) 8. dont phone me between 7 and 8. we will be having dinner then. (have) 9. its strange that when we get to sydney, we will have flown half way round the world.(fly) 10. phone me after 8 oclock. we will have finished dinner by then. (finish)